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42nd Street (1933)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 20

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.9/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust... Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust into the limelight. Last minute preparations for opening night with the new star turn the entire production on its ear before the big premiere. Many memorable tunes including: "Forty-Second Street," "Young and Healthy," "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" and "Shuffle Off To Buffalo." [More]

Starring: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter

Starring: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: James Seymour, Rian James
Composer: Al Dubin, Harry Warren

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Sep 19, 2000

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A deliciously funny musical; racy and light years ahead of its time.

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06/17/09
Chris Laverty
Clothes on Film
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03/26/09
Variety
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This 1933 film is the best known of the Warner Brothers Depression-era musicals, though it doesn't compare in dash and extravagance to later entries in the cycle.

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10/16/07
Dave Kehr
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The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.

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08/08/06
Mordaunt Hall
New York Times
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Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come.

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04/08/06
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

...the film that practically invented every backstage musical cliché we know today...remains a remarkable achievement for a film over seven decades old.

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03/22/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

42nd Street may not be the best backstage musical ever made, but it's certainly the most enjoyable and durable in appeal--find out why.

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08/26/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/24/05
Nell Minow
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The strength of a musical is its songs, and this film had a mixed bag.

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02/15/04
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical.

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01/11/04
Dennis Schwartz
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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05/30/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

The result is an absolute spectacular. Not to be missed.

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04/21/03
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine

Busby Berkeley's astonishing choreography is singularly cinematic and still astonishing.

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04/11/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

[Features] great Busby Berkeley production numbers.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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11/25/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Busby Berkeley choreography; Powell and Keeler plus all-star supporting cast. A Warner Bros. clasic musical, though campy by today's standards.

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08/22/02
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The classic backstage musical, still great

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
 
 
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